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This isn't a far reach as the sniper section is considered the Commanding Officer's own section. Under his personal employment...so it would like asking dad if you could mow the lawn for him.

Lots of times Blanco or Webbo was the result of an RSM's orders for his own tastes. Then there were the ones that wanted you to paint your bayonet scabbards...or use shoe polish to have them shining...

Too, the Germans would never have runs in the paint.

Chambers were to say the least generous. That was to allow low tolerance ammo to fit and allow some crud to go in besides and still function. When they recut the chamber it would be tighter. The...

At left the picture of yours, center a drawing of original. At right another that has been turned back to recut the chamber.

Note how wide the area that should be in front of the barrel ring,...

We had our share of them around the Battalion after the guys would rotate back from Germany. I was accustom to seeing them for a while...

It looks to me like the barrel has been set back. We were just talking about one of those barrels too, short knoxform. Current production stocks are available...but the small parts can be hard to...

Well OK, but I meant firing the rifle. Posed shot so I guess the whole thing is moot...

I remember firing rifle grenades and getting the shotgun blast of propellant in the face. I think that...

USS West Point was a very interesting ship. I think it's the second one. SS America (1939) - Wikipedia)

Me too.

Foot on the slig, correct...

Eyes closed waiting for the earth shattering kaboom...

I took a few parts rifles to the field when I was training troops. You'd end up canabalizing your rifle so theirs worked...ended up having a written order to cease that sort of thing though. Just...

A bit of a "V" actually. Yes, I've seen those.



You should have a look again and see...

Tests were done with M1903 rifle barrels where the metal was removed to virtually paper thin and it took that much before the barrels burst during firing. Unless you are plugging the...

Apparently the orange ones were a later issue. I thought they had also been issued to pilots but maybe not. Yes, interesting. Initial parachutes had no capewell fasteners to release the harness so...

As you suspect, those are the very ones I was buying new out of PX in Ft Lewis WA in about 1989 I think. I could also find all the .45 brass I wanted on top of the walls of the tire house there...

So, for future reference, it DOES come apart the way it appears to? Just unscrew those two and it all drops apart?



You can see that with an original...

Yes sir it does. Noted.



Thank you.

Do either of you want to comment on the finish? Parkerizing should be correct finish for this particular one?

Manufactured pre DDay and in good shape, I'm posting a friend's rifle for some feedback. He's asking if it's original finish on this Savage arms #4...It looks like it to me. Some of you may...

Large chamber to fit oversize British ammo. Turning off a few thou allows you to recut the chamber and usually a full turn is done. Then you have a fresh chamber that will be to specification. ...

Looks like a Ross breech. See post #5...

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I built a hunting rifle many years ago in the '80s from a k98k action, had been a 7.62 Israeli. I used a trigger housing without the mag block and a Doumolin barrel chambered from blank, no iron...

Now, you guys know those for sure were issued to paratroops? I'm not sure which exact ones, Schrade for instance and several others. I have a wreck of one here that came from a vet. The late Jim...

Yes, original...and the Yugos made EVERYTHING out of leather until recently. The original holsters in good shape look nice.